Cutting device for wire cloth



April 9, 1929- c. M. MGCARTHY 1,708,585

` CUTTING DEVICE FOR WIRE CLOTH Filed Jan. 6, 1926 Patented Apr. 9, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. i i CHARLES VIVI. YIVIC(lJAIBJ'lIHY, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

CUTTING DEVICE FOR WIRE CLOTH.

Application filed January 6, 1926. Serial No. 79,700.

' This invention relates to a device for lian- 7 is a vertical section taken on the line 55 dlingV flexible sheet material and particularly 7`7 of F 1, as indicated by the arrows;

A such material as wire screen or cloth. lThe inand vention is especially kdirected to a means forA Fig. 8 is a horizontal section taken on the dispensing suoli material from aroll and cutline 8-8 of Fig. 2, as indicated by the arting` off the material when the desired length rows. 50 has been dispensed.- Vsirescreen and cloth is Referring to the drawings, a device is now sold in many retail stores and is kept in shown comprising spaced vertical meinbei's stoci in rolls. It is necessary to have a large 10. lVliile these members may take various l0 number ot'i'olls of various sizes and it has forms in the embodiment of the invention Aheretofore been an inconvenient procedure illusti'ated, they are shown as angle bars 65 to dispense this material. Applicant has inhaving their angles directed inwardly, and .fented a iack'oii which the rollsV of material said members may form the vertical sides ot may becai'riod and the present invention is a raclr adapted to carry rolls of flexible mal especially adapted to be used incoiinectioi'i terial, such as wii'e cloth or wire screen.

with said rack and to greatly facilitate 4the Rigidly secured to each of the members 10 at "0 dispensing ot' the material. their outer sides and projecting forwardly it is an object ot' this invention to provide therefrom are the short arms 11 also illusa simple and eiiicient means for engaging and trated as formed of angle bars` the top hori- 2U drawir :troni a stock roll a certain length of Zontal webs thereof beingcut away at their material and quickly and conveniently severforward ends, which ends are pierced by the 75 ing the desired amount of material. headed and iiutted bolts 12 also passing It is a further object of the invention to throughtheforwardlyextendedarms13which provide a device comprising a revoluble are thus pivotally connected to the arms 11. means with which the material may be en- The arms 13 can thus swing downwardly to gaged and on which Yit may be rolledV as Vit is vertical position at the ends of arms 11. The S0 drawn from the stock roll, together with a arms 13 may be held iii substantially hoi'iy I stationary cutting member ovei' which the mazontal position by means of the member 14 terial is drawn having a movable cutter corigidly secured at its upper and rear end to 3ol operating therewith which can be moved to one of the standards 10 and extending downsevertheiiiaterial. wardly and forwardly and having a hook S5 'It is a further object of` the .p invention to portion 14 at its lower Vend adapted to hook i provide a device, as set forth iii ,the precedover an inwardly projecting pin 15 secured ing paragraph, together with means for holdin one of the arms 13. One of the arms 11 ing the material properly positioned while it .has a U-shaped member 16 secured thereto.-

is being dispensed. the upwardly extending spaced arms of 9o These and other objectsand advantages 'of which are pierced by and form a bearing the invention will be ful-ly set forthv in the for one end ot' a rod 17 having a cottei' pin V`following description made in connection 18 passing therethrough between the arms 4o with the accompanying drawings in which of niembei' 16 to hold the same in position.

like reference characters refer to same parts rlhe rod 17 extends outwardly from the mein- 95 throughout the several views, and in which, Vbei' 16 and is bent at substantially a right Fie'. 1 is a lan view of the device anele to extend forwardl Jarallel to the arm .b P. l 7 b 1 1 A Fig. 2 is a view in side-elevation shown on a 13 and tiieii again bent substantially at a 45 somewhat Y enlarged scale; n right angle and extends inwardly over' the Fig. 3 is a view iii front elevationvof a portop of arms 13 having secured to its terminal 100 tien ot the cutting device used; l a coupling collar 17a. A tensile spring 18 Fig. t is a view in vertical section taken on is secured to the forward end of one arm 11Y the line H of Fig. 3, as indicated by the and at its other end to the arm 17 tending 50 arrows; to swing the forward portion of said arm- Fig. 5 is a view in end elevation of a portion downwardly. A member 19, preferably,. 105 of the device, shown on an enlarged scale; formed of fiat material similar to the member` rFig. 6 is a vertical section taken on the line 14, is rigidly secured to one of the standards 6-6 of Fig.v 5, as indicated bythe arrows; 1G beneath said member 14 and by the same fastening means which secures the upper end of arms 14.:v rlhe member 19 also extends A adapted to co-operate downwardly and forwardly beneath member 14 and is'foimed with two recesses' 19" and 19",v respectively, adjacent its AVlower end', either ofwhich vis adapted to hook over the inwardly extending portion of rod 17. measuring device designated as a whole as 20 hasa laterally projecting shaft Q0 which is secured in the coupling 17, and said measuringdevice has aknuiled friction drum 20h. The friction drum 20" 'disposed 'over a-nd with a roller 21 journaled .in bearings in a plate 21 projecting rearwardly' from one of a pair of anglebars 22,' which angle bars are secured to and extend between the spaced arms 13; The angle bars 22 constitute a stationary cutting means anchas shown in Figs. 2, 4aiid 5, said bars 22 areY disposed with their vertical portions adjacent and slightlyspaced:l Secured between vthev bars 22 at each end thereof and extending upwardly therefrom above arms` 13 is a bracket 23 preferably formed of a flat piece of material having lits upper vend shown as offset slightly and reversely at right angles to provid-e spaced 23, VA bar Q4 shownas comprising Va'ilat strip o t material'extends between thebrackets 23 having` its ends disposed between the parall'el portions 23 and having vertical slots f 24?' at Sit-s ends through which pass rivets or bolts 25 secured in the portions 23a. A com- Y 'i latlits central bent portion.

pression' spring 2G is disposed beneath the top portion-.of each bracket 23 and the top edge of bar l24, said springs normally tend-v ingto force said bar downwardly. A movable .cutterlcarifying.member 27 is proi-'ided formed of au plate of general'rectangular shape bent relation with a semi-cylindrica portion 9,7 Said member 2l' has a pail' of rollers 2S journaled between its sides portions on suit-able rivets or bolts 29- aiid said member also has a diskcutter-'SO journaled centrally thereof at its lower poi'- tion' on the rivet or bo'ltf317l which cutter pro- :rollers 28 and is normally forced downv jects below the lower edge of meinbei'QT and between the upper ends of the bars 22. As shownv in Figs.V 2, 3 and 4, the bar 24 extends between the sidesof member 2'? above vthe against said rollers by the springs 26. Y The semi-cylindrical top port-ion' of member 2T kforms a'j convenient handle by wliiclisaid member may be moved transversely.

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vAn elongated -roller 3Q is journaled cna rod 33 extending above and between theV arms 13' said rod havino its ends bent downward ly substantially at a right angle and extending, through'the horizontal flanges of arms 13, said .ends being secured in said arms by. nuts threaded on their ends, The rod 33 hasv ycollars 33a thereon Vengaging .the topof the parallel portionsj at its centralv portion to have itsV L sid'es "disposed in slightly spaced parallel lengthwise byv the collars 34 pinned to the rod 33 at the ends of said roller. A Y v v The forward ends of arms 13 at the leftof Fig. 1 has an aperture formeel therein adapted to receive Vone end of a longitudinally split shaft V-Th'e otheilarm 13`= has its horizontal flange cut away and a vertical flange formed with an open ended sock-et 13%. A plate 36V is mounted ontop of thehoi'izontal flangek of said latter" arm 13 and has an elongated slot- 36a therein through which pass the headed and nutte'd bolts 37 secured vinthe arm 13,- the plate 36' beingadapted to extend over the socket 13aand having its front lend bent slightly upwardly to'form a finger-piece or operating means. The socket 13a receives the other end of split shaft- 35. The outer end of shaft 35 is not split and formeel asa crank 35a having thereon the h'andlek38.y i @ne section of the Shaft 35 is secured' to one half 39 of a roll 39 andtheother half of shaft 35 is s'ecuredto the other hal-f 391? ofsaid roll, said roll 39 eX- tending between theV arms '13. Tensioning arms 40 are provided having flat curved. front portion ,40? adapted'to. engage thel lower portion of roll 39` or material thereon,V which arms extend horizontally andhave vertically arins40 are urged against the roll`crs'39 or the material thereon by tensile springs 42 secured` to their horizontal portions and. to the outer ends of arms 41. l

The standards 10 have spaced apertures 10a therein formingbearings for rods 43 carrying thev roller-s 44 on which the rolls of' material 45 willbefcarried. Y

In operation.. the material on one of the rolls 45 will be. drawn forwardly and'will pass under the roll 32, ifit be from: one of the rolls 44 above said roller. lf material should be drawn from one: of the rolls 44 below roller 32.,` the materiah preferably would be passed over the top of roller 32.( The material is Vpassed under thel drum 201 of the measuring device 20. and over roller 21,.'and over the bars 22, the member 27 and cutter diskv 30 at thistime being at one extreme end of the bar 24. The plate 36 is VVnow slid rearwardly t-o uncover the recess 13a. The'roll 39 andshaft 35 eani'now .bel lifted at the right hand end. as

shown inllig. 1,'so that the halves 39a and; 39" of roll 39 can-be separated. -l The free edge of theumaterial is nowu placed between, ,said` halves and sha-ft 35 again 4dropped.into recess 13a and plate .36 drawnforwardly. The mf;- terial is now held in theroll' 39 so that the roll can be rolled by means of crank 35u-and the material dra-wn forwardly. The material isaccurately measured as itis drawn-under the friction drum 20h, said drum being rotated by theforward' movement of the material.y The measuring device 20 indicates theflengtlr of same across the bar 24.

pin 15 and the arms 13 1sively made.

' be released. The material -is thus wound on the roll 39 and is held in compact form thereon by the-arm 40. Then the vcrank 35n is released therefore the material will not, spring back and bulge at the roll 39. The operator now grasps the member 27a and moves the The material is quickly and neatly cut by the shearing' action of disk 30 against one o't t-he bars 22 and the desired length of material thus severed. The material can now be tied with a. string, the plate 36 moved rearwardly and shaft 35 raised from recess 13a and drawn from the bearing in the arms 13 at the left of Fig. 1, when the material can be withdrawn from roll 39 and said roll and shaft 35 again placed in position. The measuringdevice can be raised out of operative position when desired by engaging the innerportion 01"' rod 17. in recess 19a. The specic structure of the measuring device forms no part of the present invent-ion and is separately claimed in applicants co-pending application, Serial Number tiled November 25, 1925. The cutting disk 30 is maintained always in position to be traversed for cutting the material by action of the springs 26 engaging bar 24. When desired, the members 14 can be disengaged from and parts carried thereby may be swung down to vertical position. V

From theabove description it is seen that applicant has provided a very simple and efficient` dispensing and cutting device for flexible sheet material. The device may ef"- ciently be used with the rack shown in applicants Pat-ent No. 1,462,349 granted July 17,' 1923, or may be used with any suitable standard carrying the rolls of material. The device is quite simple and leasily and inexpen- The same has been amply demonstrated Vin actual practice and found to be very successful and etcient.

It will, of course, be understood, that various changes may be made in the form details, arrangement and proportions ot the device without departing from the scope of applicants invention, which, generally stated, consists in a device capable ot carrying out the objects above set forth, in the novel parts and combinations of parts disclosed and defined in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

Y 1. A device for dispensing metal screen material having in combination, a trame including spaced substantially horizontally eX- tending arms, a pair of bars extending bctweenand supported by said arms, said bars having adjacent edges at their tops, the space between said bars being open at the bottom, a disk cutter movable longitudinally of said bars and having its lower portion disposed between and in engagement wit-h said bars, one side of said cut-ter engaging one of said adjacent edges in shearing relation, means for guiding' said disk cutter along said bars in both directions, means for yieldingly holding said cutter in engagement with said bars, means for supporting a roll of said screen material at one side of said bars, and means for drawing said screen material under t-he said bar, whereby said cutter may be moved across said screen material and the latter cut.

2. A device :tor dispensing metal screen material having in combination, a frame including spaced substantially horizontally extending arms, a pair ot bars extending between and supported by said arms, said bars having adjacent edges at their tops, the space between said bars being open at the bottom, a revoluble disk cutter having its lower portion disposed between and in engagement with said bars and having one side flat and disposed against one of said bars in shearing relation, means for supporting said cutter and guiding the same for movement in both directions longitudinally of said bars for holding the same yieldingly in engagement therewith.

3. A device for dispensing metal screen material having in combination, a frame, a cutter bar extending thereacross, a member supported on said frame and extending longitudinally of said cutter bar above t-he same across said trame, a cutter trame guided on 4 engaging the under side of said member, and

means for yieldingly moving said member toward said cutter bar.

4. A device for dispensing metal screen material having in combination, a frame having spaced vertical members, a pair of arms pivoted respectively to said vertical members and adapted to depend in vertical position, means for holding said arms in substantially horizontal position, means on said vertical member for holding a roll of said screen material, cutting means supported by said arms and extending therebetween, Ojuiding means beneath which the screen material passes supported on said arms and means supported on said arms for drawing said sheet of screen material from said supporting' means through said cutting means.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CHARLES M. MCCARTHY. 

